When Su Fengnuan heard what Xu Yunchu said, he stopped being polite, and opened his mouth to tell him a lot of things.
Xu Yunchu couldn't help laughing after hearing what she said, "You're really welcome!"
Su Fengnuan smiled helplessly, "Yanbei has suffered heavy losses this time, and in terms of prosperity, it has at least set back five years. My second uncle wants to arrange for people to rebuild the damaged Yanbei City, and what I have to do is to appease the people in the city and restore them as soon as possible." Restoration of people's livelihood and business recovery can drive the recovery of the entire Yanbei. There are too many things. If I am polite to you now, I will wait for everything to be settled. It will take at least a few months before I can return to Beijing. Once the snow is heavy this year, I am afraid it will be even worse. I won’t be able to leave until late, maybe I’ll be staying in Yanbei for the Chinese New Year.”
Xu Yunchu understood, and said meaningfully, "If you stay in Yanbei all the time, someone in Beijing must be in a hurry!"
Su Fengnuan nodded sincerely, "Yes! So, we still have to start doing it as soon as possible."
Xu Yunchu sighed, "War is the most cruel, but throughout the ages, countries have fought for land expansion, for profit, for ambition, for royal power, there have always been bullying the strong and the weak, and they cannot live in peace, regardless of the suffering of the people Disregarding the lives of common people."
Su Fengnuan also sighed, "The law has always been the same in ancient times. A weak person is ridden by others, and a weak country is bullied by the country. It is also unavoidable."
Xu Yunchu said, "Fortunately, the emperor, Shengming, already knows that the country will not be stable for a long time, and the whole court will make concerted efforts to make our country rich and strong in Southern Qi. It just takes time."
Su Fengnuan nodded, "But I hope my father will attack Beizhou ruthlessly this time, and after capturing Yucheng, he will go westward and seize several cities in Beizhou, so that Beizhou can be honest for a few years."
Xu Yunchu said, "I'm afraid it won't be easy! A few months ago, the battle in the western region had already emptied most of the national treasury. Now that the battle in Yanbei has not used much supplies from the imperial court, the imperial court still needs reinforcements. Now that the battle in the western region will start again, it is almost time In late autumn, winter will come in a blink of an eye, the soldiers have to change their cotton clothes and other things, and the horses have to be stored for the winter, so I am afraid it will be difficult for General Su to attack several cities in Beizhou."
Su Fengnuan was noncommittal, "It all depends on the imperial court's supply. I couldn't win the previous battle in the western border. When I left the western border a few months ago, I was afraid that Chu Han would raise troops in the western border again. I secretly stockpiled supplies, enough for my father to fight this battle. Yes, it shouldn't be difficult to capture three cities."
Xu Yunchu was surprised when he heard the words, "You made a reserve in private? As far as I know, there are millions of troops in the western region, and the military expenditure is huge."
Su Fengnuan nodded, "Yes, but the general is my father, and there is no way to pay for it out of his own pocket. I can't let my father have no food, no clothes to wear, and no grass for his horses, right?"
Xu Yunchu nodded when he heard the words, and smiled with admiration, "The girl is extremely intelligent and righteous, which is admirable."
Su Fengnuan waved his hand, "Don't praise me, I'm not that noble, it's just that I have a father who sacrifices his family for the country, and he doesn't want my mother to be a widow."
Xu Yunchu laughed, "Although the girl speaks freely, these are just words. If you don't have righteousness in your heart, you won't care about the life and death of the people, and you won't care about the food and clothing of the soldiers."
Su Fengnuan smiled, "It's all about accumulating virtue and doing good deeds, accumulating more blessings for the people I care about."
Xu Yunchu wanted to ask you that the person you care about is Ye Shizi? But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back and smiled slightly.
After the two agreed on this, Xu Yunchu left the newspaper hall and summoned the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, Zhang Lin and others to arrange to store dry firewood for the people of Yanbei City for the winter.
Since Zhao Zhenyun of the Royal Forest Army came to Yanbei, he admired Su Fengnuan, Su Zhen, and the Yanbei Su family very much. In his opinion, it was a miracle to keep Yanbei and make Northern Zhou retreat. If the Northern Zhou attacked not Yanbei, but any city in the ordinary inland, the city would have been destroyed long ago.
Zhang Lin admired Su Fengnuan even more, and admired everyone in the Su family in Yanbei. Su Zhen gritted his teeth for several days with injuries, day and night, and he saw it all. In the early days, he thought that the little princess of the Yanbei Palace, who was spoiled and pampered, was not enough to reveal things. When he attacked the city that day, he mobilized everyone in the city to prepare oilcloth and oil paper, and followed the war, which also made him change his mind.
If you don't come to Yanbei, you don't know what the real blood and backbone are.
Therefore, when Zhao Zhenyun and Zhang Lin heard Xu Yunchu mention the matter of storing dry firewood for the people of Yanbei for the winter, they agreed very straightforwardly.
On that day, 10,000 soldiers stayed in the city to obey the command of Su Zhen, and rebuilt Yanbei City. The horse left Yanbei City, drove the cart, and went to the forest of Fengkou Mountain to collect and chop dry firewood.
After the Northern Zhou army retreated, all the people in Yanbei performed their duties, and the repair and reconstruction of Yanbei City was in full swing.
When the Qingwu Guards sent by the emperor arrived at Yanbei City, they saw the soldiers and the people busy together. The city gate is being repaired, and it is blocked, and it is impossible to enter the city secretly.
Therefore, Qingwuwei took out his token, revealed his identity, and when he saw the token, he immediately reported to Su Zhen and Su Fengnuan.
Su Zhen quickly put down what he was doing, and went to the city gate in person. Four Qingwu guards came, and he invited them into the city together.
When Su Fengnuan heard someone's report, he was sorting out the list of pensioners in the study. First, he arranged to pay for the families of the casualties of the soldiers in the city. The list of Jinglu men and horses was kept and submitted to the emperor after returning to Beijing. Forty-eight thousand one hundred and twenty people were lost in the Yanbei Mansion Guards. Although some of these people were orphans, most of them were Yanbei sons with families.
She raised her head from the mountain of directories, and asked the person who reported, "Did you report to Second Uncle?"
The man nodded, "I have already told the prince! The prince went to the city gate to welcome him!"
Su Fengnuan nodded, "Okay, I see!"
The man was startled, seeing that Su Fengnuan had no intention of getting up, he asked tentatively, "Miss, won't you go out to greet her?"
Su Fengnuan said, "There's no need to greet each other, let the second uncle entertain him first, and I'll go to the newspaper hall to meet him after I'm done."
That person should be, and went immediately.
Since the founding of the Southern Qi dynasty, every emperor had hidden guards around him. Today's emperor's Qingwu guards are not easily dispatched. Once they are dispatched, it is very important to carry out the emperor's orders.
Su Zhen greeted Qing Wuwei, and after asking about his purpose, he suddenly looked a little dignified, and said, "Yesterday I have delivered the memorial to the emperor, and the emperor must have not seen the memorial yet. Regarding the matter of the second son of Anguo Gongfu... the second son In Yanbei, the two granaries of the Northern Zhou Dynasty camp were burned down, which made a great contribution and saved my life..."
The leader of Qingwuwei was stunned and looked at Su Zhen, "Your Majesty, you mean that you have asked the emperor to protect Second Young Master Chen?"
Su Zhen nodded.
Hearing the words, Qingwuwei said in a deep voice, "An Guo Gong's Mansion and Jingyang Hou Mansion colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, implicated the nine clans, and their crimes are unforgivable. Although the second son Chen has made great achievements in Yanbei, but when I came here under the emperor's order, I will not be forgiven." The second son must be taken away first, and if the emperor pays him for his crimes, he must return to Beijing for judgment."
Su Zhen heard the words, "Second Master Chen was seriously injured and his life was in danger. It was thanks to Yuan Yuan's superb medical skills that he was able to save his life. He has been in a coma for three days, and he is still awake and unable to move. The void hinders his life. I'm afraid it's..."
Qingwuwei raised his voice and asked, "Yuanyuan?"
Su Zhen quickly said, "My niece Su Fengnuan, her nickname is this."
Hearing this, Qingwu Wei immediately said, "The lowly ones came to Yanbei, besides arresting Second Young Master Chen, they also ordered by the emperor that they have an important matter to explain to Miss Su face to face, and hope that the son will lead the way."
Su Zhen nodded when he heard the words, "She's in Yanbei Palace, I'll take you there."
Qing Wuwei nodded.
Su Zhen brought Qingwuwei to the Yanbei Palace, and when he heard that Su Fengnuan was in the study, he brought Qingwuwei outside Su Fengnuan's study.
Su Fengnuan heard the movement, glanced out of the window, and then buried himself in the matter at hand.
Su Zhen came to the door, knocked on the door, and called out, "Yuanyuan?"
Su Fengnuan said without raising his head, "Second Uncle, take Qingwuwei to the newspaper hall for tea first. You must be thirsty after traveling so far. I'll finish it later."
Su Zhen turned around and looked at Qingwuwei, "Everyone, please go to the report hall first!"
The leading Qingwu guard said respectfully, "Miss Su, the emperor has something important to deliver to you as soon as possible after seeing you."
When Su Fengnuan heard this, she thought that the emperor could see her clearly, and would not let her go from thousands of miles away. She said, "Come in!"
The Qingwu guard opened the door and entered the study.
In the eyes, Su Fengnuan was sitting in front of the table. There were thick stacks of papers on the table in front of her and on the ground. He glanced at them and saw that all the books were pension lists for soldiers who died in war. He was stunned. I was stunned, speechless for a while.
After coming to Yanbei, I realized the tragic situation in Yanbei. Compared with the still prosperous central Beijing, Yanbei is riddled with holes and full of flies.
He thought to himself, although the people in Beijing knew that Yanbei was on fire, the military situation was urgent, and the army of the Northern Zhou Dynasty invaded and trampled Yanbei's land and plundered the city, but they must not have imagined that Yanbei was broken to this point. They, Qingwuwei, also came to Yanbei before, and Yanbei was as prosperous as the capital at that time.
Seeing that Qingwuwei hadn't spoken for a while, Su Fengnuan raised her head, looked at him and said, "Of the 50,000 soldiers in Yanbei's government, only 2,000 were left, and almost all of them were destroyed. Every piece of paper in these stacks is a piece of paper. Ming Fuwei's life book. There are more than 48,000 sheets of paper. Although the paper is very thin, it is so thick when stacked together, let alone 48,000 people." After finishing speaking, she continued, "Except for Yan In addition to the loss of Beifu Guards, the Jinglu soldiers and horses I brought lost 20,000, and the Imperial Forest Army lost more than 10,000. The reinforcements from the Western Region repelled the Northern Zhou Army three days ago, but they also lost more than 10,000."
Hearing this, Qingwuwei immediately took off the waistband worn around his waist, and bowed his head silently to express his condolences.
Su Fengnuan put down his pen and ink, stood up, "Please tell me if the emperor has any orders!"